Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.
| Occupation |
Total employment |
Mean hourly wage |
Mean annual wage |
| All Occupations |
605,800 |
$18.79 |
$39,090 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
127,630 |
$14.70 |
$30,570 |
| Sales and related occupations |
75,390 |
$18.34 |
$38,140 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
54,150 |
$9.47 |
$19,700 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
43,710 |
$15.19 |
$31,600 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
33,390 |
$17.54 |
$36,480 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
32,750 |
$28.18 |
$58,610 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
32,080 |
$21.42 |
$44,560 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
31,790 |
$30.15 |
$62,710 |
| Production occupations |
26,650 |
$15.38 |
$31,990 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
25,850 |
$18.80 |
$39,100 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
20,220 |
$11.24 |
$23,370 |
| Retail salespersons |
20,010 |
$12.62 |
$26,260 |
| Customer service representatives |
19,910 |
$14.79 |
$30,760 |
| Management occupations |
18,060 |
$49.77 |
$103,520 |
| Cashiers |
16,740 |
$8.57 |
$17,830 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
14,680 |
$12.87 |
$26,760 |
| Office clerks, general |
13,770 |
$11.82 |
$24,590 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
13,540 |
$11.01 |
$22,910 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
13,450 |
$8.08 |
$16,800 |
| Protective service occupations |
13,400 |
$17.26 |
$35,900 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
12,890 |
$32.16 |
$66,890 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
12,880 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
12,350 |
$9.87 |
$20,520 |
| Registered nurses |
11,560 |
$28.64 |
$59,560 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
10,430 |
$13.47 |
$28,020 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
9,970 |
$15.24 |
$31,690 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
9,870 |
$12.93 |
$26,900 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
8,980 |
$30.77 |
$64,010 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
8,980 |
$17.69 |
$36,790 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
7,750 |
$11.17 |
$23,240 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
7,270 |
$18.33 |
$38,130 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
7,260 |
$30.94 |
$64,360 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
6,730 |
Not available |
$44,680 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
6,490 |
$23.38 |
$48,640 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
6,350 |
$11.67 |
$24,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
6,340 |
$22.99 |
$47,820 |
| Community and social services occupations |
6,030 |
$18.59 |
$38,670 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
5,970 |
$25.97 |
$54,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
5,650 |
$21.29 |
$44,290 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
5,630 |
$13.63 |
$28,340 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
5,610 |
$28.60 |
$59,490 |
| Security guards |
5,330 |
$10.51 |
$21,850 |
| Accountants and auditors |
5,290 |
$28.44 |
$59,140 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
5,010 |
$10.42 |
$21,680 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
4,870 |
$11.30 |
$23,500 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
4,870 |
$8.91 |
$18,520 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
4,850 |
$15.63 |
$32,520 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
4,690 |
$11.93 |
$24,810 |
| Food preparation workers |
4,430 |
$8.88 |
$18,460 |
| Construction laborers |
4,150 |
$12.07 |
$25,100 |
| Carpenters |
4,140 |
$17.89 |
$37,220 |
| Legal occupations |
4,100 |
$38.82 |
$80,740 |
| General and operations managers |
3,980 |
$45.20 |
$94,020 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
3,930 |
$16.70 |
$34,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
3,880 |
$28.51 |
$59,300 |
| Bill and account collectors |
3,570 |
$14.71 |
$30,590 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
3,560 |
Not available |
$47,610 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
3,500 |
$26.19 |
$54,480 |
| Electricians |
3,490 |
$20.10 |
$41,810 |
| Management analysts |
3,440 |
$34.87 |
$72,530 |
| Insurance sales agents |
3,420 |
$25.10 |
$52,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
3,290 |
$14.99 |
$31,190 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
3,210 |
Not available |
$41,580 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
3,190 |
$16.88 |
$35,110 |
| Telemarketers |
3,150 |
$12.32 |
$25,630 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
3,030 |
$18.89 |
$39,290 |
| Teacher assistants |
3,030 |
Not available |
$22,100 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
2,970 |
$14.71 |
$30,600 |
| Loan officers |
2,950 |
$27.60 |
$57,410 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,950 |
Not available |
$44,490 |
| Medical assistants |
2,860 |
$13.57 |
$28,230 |
| Dishwashers |
2,840 |
$8.18 |
$17,020 |
| Child care workers |
2,640 |
$9.49 |
$19,730 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
2,590 |
$8.49 |
$17,650 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
2,530 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
2,470 |
$10.68 |
$22,220 |
| Team assemblers |
2,460 |
$12.85 |
$26,730 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
2,440 |
$12.50 |
$26,010 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
2,380 |
$14.17 |
$29,470 |
| Computer support specialists |
2,340 |
$19.41 |
$40,370 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
2,270 |
$18.01 |
$37,460 |
| Bartenders |
2,240 |
$10.01 |
$20,820 |
| Computer systems analysts |
2,180 |
$33.05 |
$68,740 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
2,160 |
$42.41 |
$88,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
2,100 |
$27.92 |
$58,070 |
| Lawyers |
2,030 |
$55.91 |
$116,280 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
1,920 |
$41.50 |
$86,310 |
| Tellers |
1,910 |
$12.48 |
$25,960 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,900 |
$13.55 |
$28,190 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
1,860 |
$10.02 |
$20,840 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,850 |
$8.07 |
$16,780 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,790 |
$39.38 |
$81,910 |
| Financial managers |
1,770 |
$52.65 |
$109,510 |
| Data entry keyers |
1,750 |
$12.58 |
$26,160 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
1,750 |
$12.65 |
$26,310 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,720 |
$12.77 |
$26,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
1,710 |
$36.79 |
$76,530 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
1,690 |
$8.25 |
$17,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,690 |
$26.15 |
$54,400 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
1,660 |
$8.39 |
$17,440 |
| All other information and record clerks |
1,650 |
$15.42 |
$32,070 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,650 |
$9.44 |
$19,630 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
1,640 |
$19.33 |
$40,210 |
| Recreation workers |
1,630 |
$10.04 |
$20,890 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
1,620 |
$25.75 |
$53,560 |
| Sales managers |
1,620 |
$60.54 |
$125,920 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,610 |
$14.51 |
$30,170 |
| Managers, all other |
1,610 |
$42.43 |
$88,240 |
| Computer programmers |
1,600 |
$33.80 |
$70,300 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,580 |
$10.30 |
$21,410 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
1,540 |
$8.44 |
$17,560 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
1,530 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Helpers--electricians |
1,510 |
$12.45 |
$25,890 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
1,500 |
$14.44 |
$30,030 |
| Fire fighters |
1,470 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
1,470 |
$16.90 |
$35,150 |
| Civil engineers |
1,460 |
$42.44 |
$88,270 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,430 |
$11.69 |
$24,310 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,380 |
$15.95 |
$33,180 |
| Home health aides |
1,330 |
$9.81 |
$20,400 |
| Real estate sales agents |
1,330 |
$18.34 |
$38,160 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
1,320 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,320 |
$11.10 |
$23,090 |
| Chief executives |
1,290 |
$80.21 |
$166,840 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
1,290 |
$13.42 |
$27,910 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
1,250 |
$34.61 |
$71,980 |
| Personal financial advisors |
1,240 |
$33.01 |
$68,660 |
| Pharmacists |
1,240 |
$48.14 |
$100,130 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
1,240 |
$24.90 |
$51,780 |
| Dental assistants |
1,210 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Machinists |
1,190 |
$18.54 |
$38,570 |
| File clerks |
1,180 |
$11.63 |
$24,180 |
| Order clerks |
1,170 |
$13.92 |
$28,960 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
1,160 |
Not available |
$99,840 |
| Cost estimators |
1,150 |
$28.01 |
$58,260 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
1,150 |
$14.09 |
$29,310 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
1,150 |
$21.15 |
$43,990 |
| Construction managers |
1,140 |
$65.11 |
$135,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
1,140 |
$25.67 |
$53,390 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
1,130 |
$23.35 |
$48,560 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,120 |
$21.48 |
$44,690 |
| Parts salespersons |
1,110 |
$12.86 |
$26,750 |
| Sheet metal workers |
1,110 |
$18.45 |
$38,370 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
1,100 |
$23.12 |
$48,080 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,080 |
$13.87 |
$28,860 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
1,080 |
$15.25 |
$31,730 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
1,060 |
$18.53 |
$38,550 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
1,060 |
Not available |
$45,610 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
1,050 |
$18.80 |
$39,110 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
1,030 |
$20.16 |
$41,930 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
1,030 |
$29.13 |
$60,580 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
1,030 |
$15.06 |
$31,330 |
| Roofers |
1,030 |
$15.88 |
$33,020 |
| Training and development specialists |
1,030 |
$25.11 |
$52,230 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
1,020 |
$21.05 |
$43,780 |
| Legal secretaries |
1,020 |
$18.00 |
$37,450 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
1,000 |
$26.00 |
$54,090 |
| Market research analysts |
990 |
$26.72 |
$55,580 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
980 |
$16.68 |
$34,700 |
| Public relations specialists |
970 |
$27.42 |
$57,030 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
950 |
$31.24 |
$64,980 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
940 |
$9.66 |
$20,090 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
930 |
Not available |
$51,540 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
920 |
$17.18 |
$35,740 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
920 |
$15.38 |
$32,000 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
920 |
Not available |
$46,590 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
900 |
$19.09 |
$39,700 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
890 |
$23.04 |
$47,930 |
| Food service managers |
890 |
$23.41 |
$48,700 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
880 |
$42.19 |
$87,750 |
| Graphic designers |
880 |
$18.75 |
$39,010 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
870 |
$10.98 |
$22,850 |
| Pest control workers |
850 |
$13.40 |
$27,860 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
850 |
Not available |
$47,500 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
830 |
$21.97 |
$45,690 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
830 |
$21.89 |
$45,530 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
820 |
$26.45 |
$55,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
820 |
$20.72 |
$43,100 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
820 |
$13.57 |
$28,220 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
810 |
$9.43 |
$19,610 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
800 |
$91.47 |
$190,250 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
790 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
780 |
$23.72 |
$49,340 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
780 |
$20.54 |
$42,720 |
| Dental hygienists |
780 |
$27.38 |
$56,940 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
780 |
$9.41 |
$19,580 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
780 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
770 |
$16.38 |
$34,070 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
770 |
$16.43 |
$34,170 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
760 |
$17.79 |
$37,000 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
740 |
$23.49 |
$48,860 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
730 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Financial analysts |
720 |
$33.95 |
$70,620 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
720 |
$16.18 |
$33,660 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
720 |
$14.38 |
$29,910 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
710 |
$18.48 |
$38,450 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
710 |
$59.23 |
$123,200 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
710 |
$19.53 |
$40,610 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
710 |
$24.77 |
$51,520 |
| Coaches and scouts |
700 |
Not available |
$53,350 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
690 |
$20.16 |
$41,930 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
680 |
$13.65 |
$28,390 |
| Industrial engineers |
670 |
$31.67 |
$65,880 |
| Physical therapists |
670 |
$36.97 |
$76,890 |
| Pipelayers |
670 |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Advertising sales agents |
660 |
$25.22 |
$52,450 |
| Credit analysts |
660 |
$31.65 |
$65,840 |
| Database administrators |
660 |
$29.46 |
$61,280 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
660 |
$12.27 |
$25,520 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
660 |
$9.64 |
$20,060 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
650 |
$10.42 |
$21,670 |
| Insurance underwriters |
640 |
$24.43 |
$50,820 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
640 |
$13.40 |
$27,860 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
630 |
$12.63 |
$26,270 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
620 |
$17.68 |
$36,770 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
620 |
$19.41 |
$40,380 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
600 |
$15.31 |
$31,850 |
| Printing machine operators |
600 |
$16.42 |
$34,150 |
| Social and human service assistants |
600 |
$14.59 |
$30,340 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
600 |
$16.44 |
$34,190 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
590 |
$11.14 |
$23,180 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
590 |
$16.24 |
$33,790 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
590 |
$14.52 |
$30,210 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
590 |
$16.23 |
$33,760 |
| Operations research analysts |
580 |
$25.95 |
$53,980 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
580 |
$11.69 |
$24,310 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
570 |
$12.89 |
$26,820 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
570 |
$24.10 |
$50,130 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
560 |
$15.13 |
$31,460 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
550 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
540 |
$28.81 |
$59,920 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
540 |
$15.55 |
$32,330 |
| Engineers, all other |
540 |
$39.80 |
$82,790 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
540 |
$16.27 |
$33,840 |
| Librarians |
540 |
$24.89 |
$51,780 |
| Medical and health services managers |
540 |
$43.56 |
$90,600 |
| Bakers |
530 |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
530 |
$23.45 |
$48,780 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
530 |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
530 |
$19.44 |
$40,430 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
530 |
$11.67 |
$24,260 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
530 |
$18.39 |
$38,250 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
530 |
$16.65 |
$34,620 |
| Instructional coordinators |
520 |
$23.45 |
$48,780 |
| Sewing machine operators |
520 |
$12.30 |
$25,580 |
| Administrative services managers |
510 |
$44.68 |
$92,930 |
| Logisticians |
510 |
$32.49 |
$67,580 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
500 |
$19.91 |
$41,410 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
490 |
$12.94 |
$26,910 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
490 |
$17.22 |
$35,810 |
| Respiratory therapists |
490 |
$22.73 |
$47,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
480 |
$16.28 |
$33,850 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
480 |
$29.53 |
$61,430 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
470 |
$34.48 |
$71,710 |
| Surgical technologists |
470 |
$17.26 |
$35,900 |
| Travel agents |
470 |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
460 |
$21.26 |
$44,220 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
460 |
$14.92 |
$31,030 |
| Marketing managers |
460 |
$53.71 |
$111,720 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
460 |
$10.74 |
$22,340 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
460 |
$45.05 |
$93,690 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
450 |
$9.89 |
$20,580 |
| Procurement clerks |
450 |
$16.16 |
$33,620 |
| Production workers, all other |
450 |
$12.69 |
$26,390 |
| Editors |
440 |
$21.64 |
$45,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
440 |
$21.82 |
$45,390 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
430 |
Not available |
$81,890 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
430 |
$22.35 |
$46,490 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
430 |
$10.52 |
$21,880 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
410 |
$15.65 |
$32,540 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
410 |
$19.35 |
$40,240 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
410 |
$31.85 |
$66,250 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
400 |
$14.91 |
$31,000 |
| Real estate brokers |
400 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
400 |
$13.81 |
$28,720 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
390 |
$14.54 |
$30,240 |
| Engineering managers |
390 |
$54.72 |
$113,810 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
380 |
$26.77 |
$55,670 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
380 |
$24.17 |
$50,270 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
380 |
$25.14 |
$52,300 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
380 |
$27.34 |
$56,870 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
380 |
$25.41 |
$52,850 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
380 |
$19.76 |
$41,100 |
| Occupational therapists |
380 |
$32.97 |
$68,580 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
370 |
$24.81 |
$51,600 |
| Mental health counselors |
370 |
$16.89 |
$35,140 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
370 |
$14.02 |
$29,160 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
360 |
$28.89 |
$60,080 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
360 |
$11.17 |
$23,230 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
360 |
$16.50 |
$34,330 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
360 |
$12.81 |
$26,640 |
| Residential advisors |
360 |
$11.85 |
$24,660 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
350 |
$13.43 |
$27,940 |
| Computer operators |
350 |
$18.52 |
$38,520 |
| Couriers and messengers |
350 |
$10.76 |
$22,380 |
| Crane and tower operators |
350 |
$19.42 |
$40,400 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
350 |
$28.97 |
$60,270 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
350 |
$11.49 |
$23,900 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
350 |
$15.83 |
$32,930 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
350 |
$25.95 |
$53,980 |
| Family and general practitioners |
340 |
$69.66 |
$144,890 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
340 |
$15.58 |
$32,410 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
340 |
$10.27 |
$21,350 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
330 |
$20.82 |
$43,300 |
| Cooks, short order |
330 |
$9.07 |
$18,870 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
330 |
$11.54 |
$24,010 |
| Mechanical engineers |
330 |
$32.80 |
$68,230 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
330 |
$19.37 |
$40,290 |
| Electrical engineers |
320 |
$38.22 |
$79,490 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
320 |
$37.05 |
$77,070 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
320 |
$11.56 |
$24,050 |
| Physician assistants |
320 |
$40.53 |
$84,300 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
320 |
Not available |
$50,810 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
320 |
$22.26 |
$46,300 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
310 |
$13.62 |
$28,330 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
310 |
$11.81 |
$24,560 |
| Word processors and typists |
310 |
$14.12 |
$29,370 |
| Brokerage clerks |
300 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Parking lot attendants |
300 |
$9.32 |
$19,390 |
| Photographers |
300 |
$15.17 |
$31,550 |
| Tax preparers |
300 |
$12.78 |
$26,570 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
290 |
$15.29 |
$31,810 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
290 |
$11.80 |
$24,550 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
290 |
$10.63 |
$22,110 |
| Postal service clerks |
290 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
280 |
$19.28 |
$40,100 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
280 |
$17.26 |
$35,910 |
| Industrial production managers |
280 |
$49.76 |
$103,500 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
280 |
$13.25 |
$27,550 |
| Interior designers |
280 |
$18.43 |
$38,330 |
| Aerospace engineers |
270 |
$38.12 |
$79,300 |
| Environmental engineers |
270 |
$35.08 |
$72,970 |
| Floral designers |
270 |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
270 |
$10.85 |
$22,580 |
| Glaziers |
270 |
$18.30 |
$38,070 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
270 |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels |
260 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Helpers--roofers |
260 |
$11.64 |
$24,210 |
| Pharmacy aides |
260 |
$9.43 |
$19,620 |
| Power plant operators |
260 |
$27.56 |
$57,320 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
250 |
$15.58 |
$32,400 |
| Dentists, general |
250 |
$70.37 |
$146,360 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
250 |
$15.33 |
$31,880 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
250 |
$9.02 |
$18,750 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
240 |
$21.57 |
$44,860 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment |
240 |
$19.74 |
$41,050 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
240 |
$21.21 |
$44,110 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
240 |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Landscape architects |
240 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
230 |
$18.57 |
$38,630 |
| Producers and directors |
230 |
$36.19 |
$75,280 |
| Social workers, all other |
230 |
$22.59 |
$46,980 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
220 |
$16.76 |
$34,860 |
| Counselors, all other |
220 |
$17.35 |
$36,090 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
220 |
$28.32 |
$58,910 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
220 |
$24.71 |
$51,400 |
| Veterinarians |
220 |
$57.60 |
$119,810 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical |
210 |
$14.74 |
$30,660 |
| Library technicians |
210 |
$13.25 |
$27,550 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
210 |
$19.01 |
$39,540 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
210 |
$17.57 |
$36,540 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
Not available |
$73,410 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
200 |
$21.51 |
$44,740 |
| Funeral attendants |
200 |
$8.91 |
$18,530 |
| Health educators |
200 |
$21.08 |
$43,850 |
| New accounts clerks |
200 |
$14.32 |
$29,780 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
200 |
$32.16 |
$66,890 |
| Budget analysts |
190 |
$29.59 |
$61,550 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
190 |
$29.65 |
$61,670 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
190 |
$14.85 |
$30,880 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
190 |
$27.43 |
$57,040 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
190 |
$23.50 |
$48,890 |
| Musicians and singers |
190 |
$25.18 |
Not available |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
190 |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Chemical technicians |
180 |
$17.76 |
$36,940 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
180 |
$36.58 |
$76,080 |
| Massage therapists |
180 |
$21.42 |
$44,560 |
| Mechanical drafters |
180 |
$21.14 |
$43,980 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
180 |
$8.52 |
$17,720 |
| Athletes and sports competitors |
170 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Chemists |
170 |
$27.90 |
$58,040 |
| Clergy |
170 |
$17.44 |
$36,270 |
| Interpreters and translators |
170 |
$19.68 |
$40,940 |
| Surveyors |
170 |
$25.01 |
$52,030 |
| Therapists, all other |
170 |
$28.88 |
$60,080 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
160 |
$8.84 |
$18,390 |
| Bindery workers |
160 |
$11.37 |
$23,640 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
160 |
$12.34 |
$25,660 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
160 |
$46.25 |
$96,200 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
160 |
$13.81 |
$28,720 |
| Home appliance repairers |
160 |
$19.96 |
$41,520 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
160 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| Urban and regional planners |
160 |
$28.07 |
$58,390 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
150 |
Not available |
$43,860 |
| Avionics technicians |
150 |
$22.07 |
$45,910 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
150 |
$10.58 |
$22,010 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
150 |
$11.55 |
$24,030 |
| Podiatrists |
150 |
$61.47 |
$127,860 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
150 |
$21.83 |
$45,400 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
150 |
$12.71 |
$26,440 |
| Broadcast technicians |
140 |
$19.08 |
$39,680 |
| Correspondence clerks |
140 |
$10.94 |
$22,760 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
140 |
$18.75 |
$38,990 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other |
140 |
$12.92 |
$26,870 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
140 |
$21.23 |
$44,150 |
| Logging equipment operators |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Purchasing managers |
140 |
$51.03 |
$106,150 |
| Radio and television announcers |
140 |
$33.35 |
$69,360 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
140 |
$18.87 |
$39,240 |
| Writers and authors |
140 |
$22.61 |
$47,030 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
130 |
$31.51 |
$65,540 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
130 |
$44.24 |
$92,020 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
130 |
$20.62 |
$42,880 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
130 |
$13.59 |
$28,260 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$62,110 |
| Pediatricians, general |
130 |
$81.14 |
$168,780 |
| Physical therapist aides |
130 |
$13.25 |
$27,550 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
130 |
$18.44 |
$38,350 |
| Social and community service managers |
130 |
$38.42 |
$79,920 |
| Surgeons |
130 |
$101.67 |
$211,480 |
| Commercial pilots |
120 |
Not available |
$61,190 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$52,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
120 |
$23.36 |
$48,580 |
| Food batchmakers |
120 |
$13.79 |
$28,690 |
| Law clerks |
120 |
$16.19 |
$33,680 |
| Millwrights |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
120 |
$13.68 |
$28,460 |
| Sound engineering technicians |
120 |
$15.00 |
$31,210 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
120 |
$10.58 |
$22,010 |
| Training and development managers |
120 |
$44.24 |
$92,020 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
110 |
$56.62 |
$117,770 |
| Bookbinders |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
110 |
$22.78 |
$47,390 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$48,910 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
110 |
$17.94 |
$37,300 |
| Internists, general |
110 |
$97.71 |
$203,240 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic |
110 |
$16.79 |
$34,910 |
| Lodging managers |
110 |
$29.73 |
$61,830 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$49,830 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
110 |
$29.50 |
$61,350 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
110 |
$15.18 |
$31,580 |
| Optometrists |
110 |
$57.10 |
$118,770 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
110 |
$12.00 |
$24,960 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
110 |
$24.25 |
$50,450 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
110 |
$20.91 |
$43,500 |
| Sales engineers |
110 |
$40.46 |
$84,160 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
100 |
$17.17 |
$35,700 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
100 |
$35.44 |
$73,710 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
100 |
$14.30 |
$29,740 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$53,750 |
| Plant and system operators, all other |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Public relations managers |
100 |
$45.37 |
$94,380 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
100 |
$16.44 |
$34,190 |
| Tool and die makers |
100 |
$20.54 |
$42,730 |
| Concierges |
90 |
$11.83 |
$24,600 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
90 |
$25.89 |
$53,860 |
| Legislators |
90 |
Not available |
$38,220 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
90 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Skin care specialists |
90 |
$23.22 |
$48,290 |
| Technical writers |
90 |
$22.03 |
$45,820 |
| Bailiffs |
80 |
$17.68 |
$36,780 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
80 |
$22.12 |
$46,010 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
80 |
$16.53 |
$34,380 |
| Farm and home management advisors |
80 |
$18.38 |
$38,230 |
| Financial examiners |
80 |
$35.77 |
$74,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
80 |
$35.64 |
$74,130 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
80 |
$14.83 |
$30,850 |
| Furniture finishers |
80 |
$11.24 |
$23,370 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
80 |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
80 |
$29.86 |
$62,100 |
| Transportation inspectors |
80 |
$19.21 |
$39,960 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$68,280 |
| Desktop publishers |
70 |
$14.51 |
$30,170 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
70 |
$14.91 |
$31,020 |
| Funeral directors |
70 |
$21.78 |
$45,300 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
70 |
$11.15 |
$23,180 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
70 |
$13.51 |
$28,100 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$18.05 |
$37,550 |
| Service station attendants |
70 |
$11.32 |
$23,550 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
70 |
$31.00 |
$64,490 |
| Woodworkers, all other |
70 |
$12.39 |
$25,760 |
| Airfield operations specialists |
60 |
$22.25 |
$46,290 |
| Audiologists |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$45,780 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
60 |
$15.57 |
$32,380 |
| Marine engineers and naval architects |
60 |
$34.47 |
$71,710 |
| Museum technicians and conservators |
60 |
$23.81 |
$49,520 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Radiation therapists |
60 |
$35.13 |
$73,070 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
60 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
60 |
$10.08 |
$20,970 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
50 |
$18.06 |
$37,560 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$85,880 |
| Education administrators, all other |
50 |
$39.27 |
$81,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
50 |
$25.15 |
$52,320 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers |
50 |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
50 |
$32.00 |
$66,560 |
| Materials engineers |
50 |
$48.19 |
$100,230 |
| Music directors and composers |
50 |
$19.26 |
$40,050 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$53,340 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists |
50 |
$23.46 |
$48,790 |
| Actuaries |
40 |
$51.18 |
$106,450 |
| Art directors |
40 |
$29.99 |
$62,380 |
| Communications equipment operators, all other |
40 |
$16.14 |
$33,570 |
| Dietetic technicians |
40 |
$12.21 |
$25,390 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$56,270 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
40 |
$16.81 |
$34,970 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
40 |
$18.30 |
$38,060 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists |
40 |
$42.11 |
$87,580 |
| Pile-driver operators |
40 |
$16.56 |
$34,440 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
40 |
$25.72 |
$53,500 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$46,880 |
| Chemical engineers |
30 |
$30.82 |
$64,100 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
30 |
$19.85 |
$41,280 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators |
30 |
$18.79 |
$39,090 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
30 |
$15.49 |
$32,210 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
30 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
30 |
$13.51 |
$28,110 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$13.99 |
$29,110 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
Not available |
$18.54 |
$38,550 |
| Animal control workers |
Not available |
$13.36 |
$27,800 |
| Athletic trainers |
Not available |
Not available |
$32,690 |
| Biological technicians |
Not available |
$16.14 |
$33,570 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
Not available |
$35.47 |
$73,770 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
Not available |
$36.30 |
$75,510 |
| Court reporters |
Not available |
$11.08 |
$23,040 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
Not available |
$15.47 |
$32,180 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$16.68 |
$34,690 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$17.69 |
$36,790 |
| Dentists, all other specialists |
Not available |
$57.21 |
$119,000 |
| Designers, all other |
Not available |
$19.91 |
$41,400 |
| Drafters, all other |
Not available |
$22.41 |
$46,610 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.75 |
$26,530 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
Not available |
$28.08 |
$58,400 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$19.00 |
$39,530 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$11.52 |
$23,950 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
Not available |
$9.79 |
$20,360 |
| Etchers and engravers |
Not available |
$12.19 |
$25,360 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$11.21 |
$23,320 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
Not available |
$10.65 |
$22,140 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles |
Not available |
$19.18 |
$39,900 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
Not available |
$14.77 |
$30,730 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
Not available |
$16.82 |
$34,990 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$14.57 |
$30,310 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$12.67 |
$26,350 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$11.62 |
$24,180 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
Not available |
$12.06 |
$25,090 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$12.32 |
$25,620 |
| Law teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$83,950 |
| Loan counselors |
Not available |
$21.83 |
$45,410 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$15.04 |
$31,280 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
Not available |
$11.23 |
$23,360 |
| Motion picture projectionists |
Not available |
$9.43 |
$19,610 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
Not available |
$18.14 |
$37,730 |
| Natural sciences managers |
Not available |
$48.65 |
$101,190 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
Not available |
$14.92 |
$31,020 |
| Photographic process workers |
Not available |
$13.91 |
$28,920 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
Not available |
$41.98 |
$87,310 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
Not available |
$18.93 |
$39,370 |
| Power distributors and dispatchers |
Not available |
$33.21 |
$69,080 |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers |
Not available |
$15.08 |
$31,370 |
| Recreational therapists |
Not available |
$15.42 |
$32,080 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
Not available |
$14.68 |
$30,540 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers |
Not available |
$14.69 |
$30,550 |
| Riggers |
Not available |
$15.21 |
$31,630 |
| Sailors and marine oilers |
Not available |
$13.15 |
$27,350 |
| Ship engineers |
Not available |
$31.79 |
$66,120 |
| Social science research assistants |
Not available |
$19.66 |
$40,890 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
Not available |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$19.71 |
$40,990 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$15.02 |
$31,250 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$14.13 |
$29,400 |
| Upholsterers |
Not available |
$14.70 |
$30,590 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$11.42 |
$23,760 |
